I was looking into getting an old computer... But honestly I'm confused. I want to be able to play dos games without any trouble. I know nothing on the matter, I fell off computers while Warcraft vannila was still new. I'm talking games like dungeon keeper gold and fallout 1-2 but still play age of empires 1-2 and all that good stuff... What kind of old or "new" PC am I looking for? HALP ME /VR/!!
Much appreciated
use a VM
>>3114116
VM? I'd that a program I can buy? I'm just looking for an xp that can play dos and shtuff. Last I remember xp can do that?
>>3114120
And if so what specs should I be looking at?
Am I asking the wrong questions here?
>play dos games
DOSBOX.
FOR FUCK'S SAKE.
THREAD OVER
Why not just use Windows 98 instead of XP?
>>3114159
I figured xp would be the newest I could go without being expensive computer... I'm really asking what computer to get,to make this possible without issues?
>>3114151
Ok, that's part of my question... But I don't have a computer... for fucks sake
>>3114168
1) XP doesn't include native DOS. You can use DOSBox to emulate most games, but then again you can do so under any modern Windows. I don't think they even sell computers with preinstalled XP, since its support ceased two years ago. You can play many 95/98 games under WinXP, but not all.
2) Windows 95/98 has DOS natively. Windows 95/98 is also a bit more difficult to set up than XP or newer Windows. Win95/98 is only necessary for few games which can't be played under WinXP.
3) Dungeon Keeper and Fallout 1 were released for both DOS and Win95/98. Fallout 2 and Age Of Empires are Win95/98 games and can not be run in DOS.
4) Many games for old Windows have third party fixes that allow them to be played on newer Windows.
Bottom line: decide exaclty which games you want to play, see exactly which platform (DOS, Win95, Win98, WinXP) they were released for, search for fan-made fixes to determine if you can run them on newer Windows, count the odds.
>>3114168
I guess you're looking for a cheap tower at a thrift store. If you want XP, you will need at least a Pentium III or IV with 512MB for it to run smoothly and DOS games can be a pain to run under XP.
Nowadays, you can get a new low-end tower for 400 dollars that would allow you to do other things and run DOSBOX. That is, if money isn't to much of a problem.
>I'm talking games like dungeon keeper gold and fallout 1-2 but still play age of empires 1-2 and all that good stuff
You're talking late-90s era stuff at the earliest, so Windows 98 and Slot-1 era gear if you're looking to run on real hardware.
>>3114214
This. And some old Windows games that won't run on XP or higher out of the box run great through WINE.
>>3115004
Oh fuck off, I came here for advice.
>>3115873
Don't listen to those kind of dumbass shitposts.
Op here
Thank you /vr/... So could I use xp or higher, and emulate 98/95 to play 95/98 and dos... Since 95/98 has dos natively?
>>3115891
Correct.
Well assuming you can find and use an old enough version of Virtualbox or VMWare, from before they dropped proper Win9x guest OS support.
>>3116289
Sweet
Dungeon keeper runs fine in dosbox. Easy-peasy
